source of confusion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsourceandconfusion
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source
noun[C]
uk/sɔːs/us/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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confusion
noun
uk/kənˈfjuː.ʒən/us/kənˈfjuː.ʒən/
a situation in which people do not understand what is happening, what they should do or who someone or ...
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(Definition ofsourceandconfusionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsource of confusion
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It was thesourceofconfusionregarding goals of care.
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The definition and conceptualization of politeness remain asourceofconfusion, for instance.
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The attachment of multiple eponyms to the same or a similar name, nonetheless, can be asourceofconfusion.
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Terms used to describe dry clay manufacturing processes are asourceofconfusionwhen researching nineteenth century machinery.
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But sense evidence by itself provides only phantasms, cloudy images that are thesourceofconfusionrather than light.
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One importantsourceofconfusionis revealed in this comment.
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Furthermore, the activities of searching parties on the north coast of the continent were a potentialsourceofconfusion.
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Another potentialsourceofconfusionis to think that an exclusionary reason is a reason not to think about other reasons-to exclude them from consideration.
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With this remark we get to what is perhaps the biggestsourceofconfusionon this topic.
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One potentialsourceofconfusionis to think that an exclusionary reason is a reason to act for no reason at all.
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It is important at this point to avoid a possiblesourceofconfusion.
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While the cesspool appears simple, manageable, the sewer is represented as asourceofconfusionand complexity, as the image of the labyrinth suggests.
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Anothersourceofconfusionis ellipsis, the basis for the omission of the apostrophe in so many names of commercial firms.
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O f course thesourceofconfusionon which this paper feeds is entirely mine.
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Onesourceofconfusionin modern usage is that it has always been easier to identify a grafting procedure in the texts than it has in the music.
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I believe it is a constantsourceofconfusionto many people, including taxi drivers.
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That would be a furthersourceofconfusion.
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We shall bring forward an amendment as soon as possible to remove thissourceofconfusion.
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My othersourceofconfusionis the following.
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